Indian Summer

I am certainly happy that Jim Gray interviews sports figures rather than meteorologists. Imagine being grilled about last fall's winter weather prediction. Those long- range forecasts will never put anyone in a meteorological hall of fame. Any long-range forecast is a real gamble. But here's something with sure-fire odds: Storms will stay away for many days to come, and temperatures will be moderating. In fact, a hint of Indian summer will be in the air. According to legend, the early settlers of this country saw the Native Americans taking advantage of the warm spells in November to prepare for the coming winter.

MANCHESTER - A man assaulted his girlfriend after she changed the channel on the TV they were watching, police said. Indian Summer, 52, whose file lists a Buckland Hills Drive arrest and also "homeless," was charged with second-degree assault, unlawful restraint and breach of peace. Summer was arrested by warrant on Thursday for the May 19 incident and presented in Manchester Superior Court Friday. He was held on bail of $135,000 and is to appear in court again on Aug. 14. Summer and his girlfriend were at their Buckland Hills Drive apartment watching TV, when the woman changed the channel to watch "60 Minutes," police department spokesman Capt.

The growing season has officially come to an end. Monday morning, most areas dropped into the 20s. This brought a killing freeze to just about the entire state. The only exception was the shoreline, where lows were around 32 degrees. Indian summer occurs when abnormally warm and sunny weather follows a killing frost or freeze. The weather pattern that brings Indian summer is similar to that which brings heat waves in the summer: High pressure off the East Coast draws warmth into New England on a southwesterly wind.

The jazz trio Indian Summer will be the featured performer at the Windsor Art Center for First Thursday, Feb. 2. The performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $10 at the door. Indian Summer is a Connecticut-based jazz group that has a repertoire of songs ranging from classic jazz standards to softer contemporary music. The Windsor Art Center is located at 40 Mechanic St., in downtown Windsor, behind the CVS on Rt. 159. Show hours are Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 860-688-2528.

The jazz trio Indian Summer will be the featured performer at the Windsor Art Center for First Thursday, Feb. 2. The performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $10 at the door. Indian Summer is a Connecticut-based jazz group that has a repertoire of songs ranging from classic jazz standards to softer contemporary music. The Windsor Art Center is located at 40 Mechanic St., in downtown Windsor, behind the CVS on Rt. 159. Show hours are Thursdays, 6 to 8 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 860-688-2528.

Indian summer is a label long used to describe the halcyon days of autumn when the landscape is in its glory. Few sources in history agree on where the term came from, but all who live in New England know what it signifies -- an extraordinary and welcome phenomenon. Indian summer occurs after the autumnal equinox when the air is still and unseasonably warm, a reprise of summer to soften the blow of the oncoming snows. Purists insist that a day doesn't qualify for the label unless it comes after a killing frost.

I ndian summer may return, but for now, November will be doing what it does best. Clouds will increase today, rain will follow and much cooler weather will make itself known. Gusty winds will accompany the change. Those winds will first be from the south, but they will turn around to the north and will churn the seas off Nantucket, where the recovery effort of Flight 990 has been under way. The past two days have been uncharacteristically quiet over those offshore waters, but winds could now approach gale force and seas could reach up to 8 feet or more.

By DR. MEL Dr. Mel Goldstein is director emeritus of the Weather Center, Western Connecticut State University., November 17, 2002

In the 1993 movie "Indian Summer," Elizabeth Perkins said, "I plan on being nothing but delightful this whole week, so I would appreciate it if you don't pin an attitude on me until I've earned it." The movie was about a 20th reunion of a group of friends at their former summer camp. Because they also brought along 20 years of neurotic baggage, the encounters were often stormy and turbulent -- not unlike our weather during the weeks that we fondly perceive as being Indian summer. And all of this just brings up the observation that Hollywood seldom gets it when the weather provides the setting or theme for its films.

In addition to offering a title some might consider politically incorrect, "Indian Summer" feels bizarrely improbable. Can anyone feel strongly enough about the camp of his or her youth to attend an off-season reunion, deep in cool, woodsy Canada? Even if one can accept this dubious premise, there's another problem. Mike Binder's tale of thirtysomething yuppies in beautiful Ontario sometimes moves at the speed of a particularly phlegmatic moose, the film's emblem of nature's wonders.

By DAVID K. LEFF David K. Leff, a former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, is a member of the Place Board of Contributors., November 5, 2006

In late October or early November -- as the radiant hues of maples subside and ferns are bronzed by frost -- come days of azure sky and unremittingly brilliant sunshine. Just as we have acclimated to icy mornings and chill winds, the air again becomes soft and warm. A light haze hangs in the distance. On the cusp of bitter winter is a remembrance of June as we succumb to the charms of Indian summer. Our most prized and ephemeral season for which we are renowned the world around, scholar Adam Sweeting has called it the time when "New England seems most New England."

Her last album proved she's more than a teen-pop also-ran. Now Mandy Moore faces the same challenge any other singer-songwriter does: delivering songs that are consistently compelling. She does a decent job of it on "Amanda Leigh" (Storefront Recordings), her sixth studio album. It's a low-key pop record in the vein of its predecessor, "Wild Hope," with one key difference: That album was the product of some serious emotional turbulence, coming as it did on the heels of her breakup with actor Zach Braff ("Scrubs")

The growing season has officially come to an end. Monday morning, most areas dropped into the 20s. This brought a killing freeze to just about the entire state. The only exception was the shoreline, where lows were around 32 degrees. Indian summer occurs when abnormally warm and sunny weather follows a killing frost or freeze. The weather pattern that brings Indian summer is similar to that which brings heat waves in the summer: High pressure off the East Coast draws warmth into New England on a southwesterly wind.

Prosperity Claim Unsupportable Harold Meyerson's Oct. 1 Other Opinion article, "Workers Deserve Piece Of Prosperity," deserves a careful reading. Indeed, it deserves to be used in any class in which teaching critical thinking is of importance so that people can recognize when they are being subjected to audacious demagogic posturing. Meyerson writes: "The economic rewards from increased productivity, which went to the working class as well as wealthy Americans from the 1940s to the '70s, now go exclusively to the rich."

Indian summer is a label long used to describe the halcyon days of autumn when the landscape is in its glory. Few sources in history agree on where the term came from, but all who live in New England know what it signifies -- an extraordinary and welcome phenomenon. Indian summer occurs after the autumnal equinox when the air is still and unseasonably warm, a reprise of summer to soften the blow of the oncoming snows. Purists insist that a day doesn't qualify for the label unless it comes after a killing frost.

By DAVID K. LEFF David K. Leff, a former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, is a member of the Place Board of Contributors., November 5, 2006

In late October or early November -- as the radiant hues of maples subside and ferns are bronzed by frost -- come days of azure sky and unremittingly brilliant sunshine. Just as we have acclimated to icy mornings and chill winds, the air again becomes soft and warm. A light haze hangs in the distance. On the cusp of bitter winter is a remembrance of June as we succumb to the charms of Indian summer. Our most prized and ephemeral season for which we are renowned the world around, scholar Adam Sweeting has called it the time when "New England seems most New England."

By DR. MEL Dr. Mel Goldstein is director emeritus of the Weather Center, Western Connecticut State University., November 17, 2002

In the 1993 movie "Indian Summer," Elizabeth Perkins said, "I plan on being nothing but delightful this whole week, so I would appreciate it if you don't pin an attitude on me until I've earned it." The movie was about a 20th reunion of a group of friends at their former summer camp. Because they also brought along 20 years of neurotic baggage, the encounters were often stormy and turbulent -- not unlike our weather during the weeks that we fondly perceive as being Indian summer. And all of this just brings up the observation that Hollywood seldom gets it when the weather provides the setting or theme for its films.

MANCHESTER - A man assaulted his girlfriend after she changed the channel on the TV they were watching, police said. Indian Summer, 52, whose file lists a Buckland Hills Drive arrest and also "homeless," was charged with second-degree assault, unlawful restraint and breach of peace. Summer was arrested by warrant on Thursday for the May 19 incident and presented in Manchester Superior Court Friday. He was held on bail of $135,000 and is to appear in court again on Aug. 14. Summer and his girlfriend were at their Buckland Hills Drive apartment watching TV, when the woman changed the channel to watch "60 Minutes," police department spokesman Capt.

Her last album proved she's more than a teen-pop also-ran. Now Mandy Moore faces the same challenge any other singer-songwriter does: delivering songs that are consistently compelling. She does a decent job of it on "Amanda Leigh" (Storefront Recordings), her sixth studio album. It's a low-key pop record in the vein of its predecessor, "Wild Hope," with one key difference: That album was the product of some serious emotional turbulence, coming as it did on the heels of her breakup with actor Zach Braff ("Scrubs")

I ndian summer may return, but for now, November will be doing what it does best. Clouds will increase today, rain will follow and much cooler weather will make itself known. Gusty winds will accompany the change. Those winds will first be from the south, but they will turn around to the north and will churn the seas off Nantucket, where the recovery effort of Flight 990 has been under way. The past two days have been uncharacteristically quiet over those offshore waters, but winds could now approach gale force and seas could reach up to 8 feet or more.

I am certainly happy that Jim Gray interviews sports figures rather than meteorologists. Imagine being grilled about last fall's winter weather prediction. Those long- range forecasts will never put anyone in a meteorological hall of fame. Any long-range forecast is a real gamble. But here's something with sure-fire odds: Storms will stay away for many days to come, and temperatures will be moderating. In fact, a hint of Indian summer will be in the air. According to legend, the early settlers of this country saw the Native Americans taking advantage of the warm spells in November to prepare for the coming winter.